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  110 West Front Street Media,  PA  19063 Phone:  610.566.8770 Fax:  610.566.5168 Email:  dwoody4353@aol.com
  
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The law firm of Woody Law Offices, P. C. can provide you with high-quality, legal representation that provides for an effective and efficient manner for a new addition to join your family.  This is a very difficult decision to make in giving up or bringing in and we can  help support you  emotionally and guiding you through the legal aspects of your decision.
 
  
- What is Adoption?
 
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Adoption is meant to establish a legally recognized lifelong relationship between a parent and a child who are not related biologically.
 
- What are the different types of Adoptions?
 
 There are a number of different types of adoptions including international adoption, registering a foreign adoption, step-child adoption, closed adoption, and arranging other types.  In each case, appropriate documents and/or pleadings need to be filed with the court to insure proper and permanent placement of the child.  
 
- Whose consent is needed for adoption to occur?
 
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Generally, the birth parents must consent to an adoption in order for it to be legal.  At times a legal guardian or an appropriate Government Agency may need to give consent.
 
- What is an Open Adoption?
 
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An Open Adoption means the birth parents will be the ones who participate in the choice of the adopting parents for the child. This is very different from a traditional adoption where someone else determines who would raise the child.  In an Open Adoption the adopting parents are identified to the birth parents.
 
  
   
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